I did not know that! I had seen references to register_printf_function when I was researching this stuff, but when I tried to look up the man page, there was none. I assumed it was something used internally.
This will probably be better than what I was working on. On 9/12/05, Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're using GNU libc, you can extend the printf family of functions > with your own % codes. That could save you some work by not having > to re-implement the existing *printf functionality. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Customizing-Printf.html > > > Dennis > > > On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Michael Barton wrote: > > > I was wanting to re-implement vs(n)printf to correctly pad and > > truncate strings with Lope's color codes in them, since lining things > > up can be such a pain. I thought to get the bsd version and work from > > that, but it's... verbose. I'm sure it has to be. > > > > I started on my own and, ugly and incomplete though it is, seems to be > > a working start. > > > > I'd also like to include % codes for CHAR_DATA, OBJ_DATA, etc, so I > > can effectively replace act() with chprintf() entirely while I'm at > > it. > > > > Has anyone else tackled this? > > > > --Palrich. > > -- > > ROM mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe here ->>> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > >
